In the modern tennis era, millions of fans look up to heroes such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. But there are also dozens of players that fans love to hate, and there is a whole audience of tennis aficionados who love nothing more than a scandal.

One of the simplest games in the world, tennis can get very complicated. From on-court tantrums to off-court fights, attacks between points and grudges that last years, these are the seven deadly tennis sins to watch out for and the scandals they have brought our way over the years.

Cheating 

It’s impossible to mention tennis without referring to the match-rigging scandals that threatened to envelope the game at different points in history. Russian player Nicolay Davydenko was accused of cheating back in 2008 and a subsequent investigation by the BBC detailed 82 emails Davydenko was allegedly by an Italian sportsbetting syndicate. Davydenko was once called out by an umpire for not ‘showing his best efforts’ on court in a now-hilarious argument.